possessed
/pəˈzɛst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of possess
adj
Controlled by evil spirits.
Example Sentences
- "He was exorcised because he was thought to be possessed by the Devil."
- "Three days remained till Beltane's E'en, and throughout this time it was noted that Heriotside behaved like one possessed. It may be that his conscience pricked him, or that he had a glimpse of his sin and its coming punishment."
- "O what ridiculous Reſolutions Men take, when poſſeſs'd with Fear! It deprives them of the Uſe of thoſe Means which Reaſon offers for their Relief."
- "The president was possessed of great wealth."
- "It is said that every life has its roses and thorns; there seemed, however, to have been a misadventure or mistake in Stephen's case, whereby somebody else had become possessed of his roses, and he had become possessed of the same somebody else's thorns in addition to his own."
Inflected Forms
more possessed (comparative)
most possessed (superlative)